Weekly Steam Report - 16 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2026
Week 8 produced 30 games worth watching across three angles. Biggest wishlist gain: Crimson Desert, adding 10,590 followers. Super Battle Golf was the standout debut at 19,087 concurrent players. Racer Overdrive showed the sharpest small-studio momentum jump (+16 points).
Top Wishlist Movers
Upcoming Steam games ranked by follower gain over the 7 days ending 22/02/2026. Follower gain is the underlying signal driving our wishlist model - a proxy for real acquisition velocity.
| # | Game | Followers gained | WL gained | WL estimate | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  25 days to release | +10,590 | +144,644 | 1,332,809 | 318,108 |
| 2 |  11 days to release | +3,671 | +51,394 | 1,084,090 | 137,713 |
| 3 |  5 days to release | +3,380 | +54,713 | 1,751,011 | 275,049 |
| 4 |  51 days to release | +1,785 | +24,990 | 714,434 | 83,690 |
| 5 |  40 days to release | +1,475 | +28,025 | 28,367 | 2,354 |
| 6 |  53 days to release | +1,187 | +52,780 | 770,392 | 174,375 |
| 7 |  2 days to release | +807 | +11,298 | 108,682 | 18,050 |
| 8 |  249 days to release | +575 | +8,050 | 508,032 | 103,385 |
| 9 |  122 days to release | +502 | +31,806 | 31,806 | 7,368 |
| 10 |  18 days to release | +491 | +6,874 | 531,496 | 62,529 |
Biggest Launches
Steam releases in the week of 16 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2026, ranked by peak concurrent players observed in the first 7 days.
| # | Game | First-week peak CCU | Reviews | Positive % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Released 19/02/2026 | 19,087 | 11,506 | 93% | $0.11 |
| 2 | 
Released 20/02/2026 | 4,214 | 2,947 | 92.4% | $0.07 |
| 3 | 
Released 19/02/2026 | 3,623 | 7,845 | 90.4% | $0.09 |
| 4 | 
Released 17/02/2026 | 3,315 | 2,898 | 57.4% | $0.27 |
| 5 | 
Released 20/02/2026 | 2,665 | 608 | 58.9% | $0.07 |
| 6 | 
Released 19/02/2026 | 1,244 | 1,067 | 67.4% | $0.35 |
| 7 | 
Released 16/02/2026 | 978 | 1,767 | 51.6% | Free / TBD |
| 8 | 
Released 18/02/2026 | 882 | 411 | 28.7% | $0.12 |
| 9 | 
Released 18/02/2026 | 796 | 453 | 43.9% | $0.09 |
| 10 | 
Released 18/02/2026 | 544 | 634 | 80.4% | $0.11 |
Breakouts
Small-studio games with the biggest audience-momentum jump between 16/02/2026 and 22/02/2026. Momentum is our composite score of Steam follower growth, Twitch presence, news mentions, and wishlist rank movement - so this table surfaces titles pulling in real attention from more than one channel at once, not games moving on a single signal. To keep the focus on new discovery, we exclude games with 5,000+ reviews, major-publisher backing, and anything released more than 90 days ago (upcoming games at any distance still qualify).
| # | Game | Momentum jump | Score (start → end) | WL estimate | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  63 days to release | +15.8 | 20.33 → 36.13 | 16,378 | 21 |
| 2 |  23 days to release | +12.71 | 14.88 → 27.59 | 2,679 | 40 |
| 3 |  2 days to release | +12.63 | 23.12 → 35.75 | 22,135 | 899 |
| 4 |  59 days to release | +11.91 | 18.23 → 30.14 | 17,784 | 580 |
| 5 |  19 days to release | +9.86 | 23.74 → 33.6 | 11,647 | 106 |
| 6 |  3 days to release | +9.59 | 20.28 → 29.87 | 12,673 | 23 |
| 7 |  65 days to release | +9.34 | 6.73 → 16.07 | 437 | 5 |
| 8 |  Released 19/02/2026 | +9.15 | 22.98 → 32.13 | 36,423 | 142 |
| 9 |  11 days to release | +8.23 | 25.96 → 34.19 | 13,015 | 41 |
| 10 |  67 days to release | +8.06 | 13.66 → 21.72 | 3,021 | 22 |